Curtis Quinn, MD
Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Charleston, SCNPI 1164497269
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by consulting fees: $324,442 of the $374,206 with a category attached, or 86.7%. Atricure, Inc. accounts for 90.2% of it on its own, with 4 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2023 at $105,620 and has fallen 51.2% since, to $51,586 in 2025. Among thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) clinicians in SC with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 377 payments — averaging $992.59 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Atricure, Inc.$338K
- Zimmer Biomet$19K
- Medtronic$11K
- Intuitive Surgical$4K
- Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc$2K
Across 9 payments — averaging $3071.67 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Atricure, Inc.$28K
What the payments were for
- Consulting fees$324,44287%
- Speaking & faculty fees$9,6203%
- Travel & lodging$29,1828%
- Food & beverage$5,3201%
- Education$4,5431%
- Gifts$1,1000%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Atricure, Inc. | 310 | $337,663 |
| Zimmer Biomet | 34 | $19,296 |
| Medtronic | 9 | $10,730 |
| Intuitive Surgical | 14 | $4,442 |
| Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc | 10 | $2,076 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOSPHERE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM$148,494
- SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$101,516
- RIBFIX BLU ADVANTAGE$21,820
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYSTEM WITH VISITRAX$19,752
- ATRICURE CRYOICE CRYOABLATION SYSTEM (CRYO2)$19,257
- ATRICURE CRYOSURGICAL SYSTEM$16,887
- RibFix Advantage$6,880
- EPI-SENSE GUIDED COAGULATION SYS$6,850
- ILLUMISITE$4,641
- Da Vinci Surgical System$4,274
- ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION SYSTEM$2,478
- ALIYA SYSTEM$1,954
- ISOLATOR SURGICAL ABLATION SYSTEM$1,393
- DISSECTOR$1,393
- ATRICURE ATRICLIP LAA EXCLUSION$902
- AdvantageRib$726
- ATRICURE SYNERGY ABLATION SYSTEM$540
- RibFix Blu$430
How this compares
$374,206 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 83 thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) providers in South Carolina.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) in Charleston
- Marc KatzCharleston$265K
- Arman KilicCharleston$170K
- Barry GibneyCharleston$39K
- Jacob KlapperCharleston$38K
- Kathryn EngelhartdtCharleston$33K
- Sanford ZeiglerCharleston$30K
- Elizabeth KlineCharleston$16K
- Alexander SbrocchiCharleston$14K
- Scott RossCharleston$12K
- Sarah ChenCharleston$8K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.